Already miss skiing fresh powder? The Ikon Pass has a solution for you: ski in Australia. The so-called "golden ticket" to skiing North America is now offering seven-day access to Thredbo in New South Wales, two hours south of the country's capital, Canberra, and five hours south of Sydney. It's the ski pass's first location outside of North America—it spans 26 destinations including Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Aspen Snowmass and Ontario's Blue Mountain—and adds an additional 1,168 acres to the already enormous 60,000-acre terrain access. The real perk of the added ski park? You can hit the slopes year-round.

While most North American ski and snowboard destinations have closed the slopes for the summer, Thredbo just opened June 9 and the season lasts until October 1. This early in the season, only 16 of the ski spot's 53 trails are open, but by mid-summer here in the U.S., Australia's longest run (3.6 miles) will be open to beginners and ski pros alike. Filled for the most part with Aussies, the slopes have something for everyone, with plenty of easy, wide beginner runs alongside some of the steepest terrain on the continent. There's already 30 inches of snow on the ground right now, but you needn't worry: Thredbo has one of the largest snowmaking systems in the southern hemisphere.

Here's how it works. The Ikon system is split into two passes: the Ikon Pass and the Ikon Base Pass. The Ikon Pass offers unlimited access to 12 destinations, like Mammoth Mountain and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, seven-day access to Thredbo and six North American destinations, and seven days combined at AltaSnowbird, SkiBig3, and four other spots. There are no black-out dates and the Ikon Pass starts at $999. The Ikon Base Pass costs $699 and offers unlimited access to 10 destinations (the same as the Ikon Pass, minus Stratton and Steamboat), five-day access to Thredbo and eight other spots in the U.S. and Canada, and five-day combined access to the same locations as the Ikon Pass. There are, however, black-out days around Christmas, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and President's Day for North America, and July 7 to 22, when Australian schools are out.